INSPIRATION + FRIENDS

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June 12, 2009

Photos from last weekend's adventure to a Geodesic Dome Home in Joshua Tree. I brought a beautiful dead hummingbird I found in my driveway. I think the neighbor's cat may have left it for me as a present. I also came prepared with lots of fake flowers and shiny, colorful things to give him a proper burial. Andrew found the perfect desert-dried gourd for him to R.I.P. in.

Dome Warrior Tribes

I was all about extensive documentation of this site. Below are my favorite shots of me and Luc.

The Dome Home from the outside.

Dome Pool Party 2009. Ah, the cameras didn't make it out for that. But here's how it looked before.

Emma Kunz was tapped into her swiss design roots. I have Emma Kunz on my mind today.. "Born into a family of Swiss weavers in 1892, visionary artist Emma Kunz created mandala-like grids which she regularly used as instruments of healing. Abstract, lush, enigmatic and illusionistic, each diagram was reportedly drawn by Kunz in a single sitting." via Tomorrowland

So interesting she was born into a family of weavers .. the lines in her drawings could be threads woven together on a loom..

October 17, 2008

I have decided Kime Buzzelli's new alias should be Kime Muse-elli because she is so gosh darn creative, talented and inspiring. I am the proud owner of one of her paintings. She owns the magical boutique Show Pony in Echo Park. Her blog The Moldy Doily inspired me to start a blog. I was perusing archives of her precious adorable-faced cat Georgie Boy and he definitely gets a few tribute photos on my cat loving blog. I also discovered one not-so-strange coincidence -- I bought a silky Manoush ruffled cat dress last year at the Manoush sample sale -- and it turns out that very dress was inspired by the precious Georgie Boy.

Oh yeah so she was tagged by a blogger to reveal 6 quirky things about herself. And now I will do that, too, as I have been tagged. But I may not tag other bloggers because I don't know enough of them yet.

1. I once read in Cat Fancy about a Russian Cat Theatre Group who performs with live cats. I was on a camping trip at the time. As soon as I got home from the trip, I checked their website, sped to the Wilshire Ebell Theatre as the show was starting in 10 minutes on that very day, got a free "donated" $60 3rd row seat ticket, and tried not to pee my pants as I watched this wonderful Cat Theatre in pure delight. That is the abridged story, I am going to devote a whole post to that soon.

2. I love pizza.

3. I put one foot up on the sink while I brush my teeth.

4. I am obsessed with The Madonna Inn and would go there every weekend if I could.

5. My animal totems are a wolf and a roadrunner. Surprisingly not a cat.

6. Luc called me a soccer mom when I came back from a power walk and told him about my Oprah Soul Series podcast.

September 27, 2008

When I saw the cover of this month's FLAUNT magazine, I lost my marbles. This colorful cat explosion is my vision of imaginary perfection. I had to know immediately who was behind this masterful kookiness. The cover artist is Hisham Bharoocha. Insight from the article:
"He credits his study of Vipassana, one of India's most ancient meditation techniques, with his ability to communicate and translate both thought and sonic vibration through visual language." And as for his sonic vibrations, he was in the band Lightning Bolt, Black Dice, and currently is concentrating on his solo project: Soft Circle. His music + art makes me want to dance and/or flail my limbs. The swoopie shapes, whimsy color, unexpected surprises.. a delight... and cats are a huge bonus.
This guy gave me a whopping triple-spoon-full-of-sugar dose of next-level inspiration. Major CATalyst to make more art... and to more dearly treasure my Ebay purchase of 12 issues of Cat Fancy from 1989. Thanks Hisham.